low-income housing

noun

: housing for people who have low incomes

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Compounding the problem: Market-rate apartments are more profitable and easier to finance than low-income housing, which often depends on government incentives that can be unpopular in the region’s predominantly Republican electorate. Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2025 Converting the offices to low-income housing is not the only answer. Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 2 Aug. 2025 State's affordable housing agency is also inspecting the building As a low-income housing tax credit property, the building is also required to maintain a certain number of affordable units through 2036. Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 15 July 2025 Some 65% of residents who are chronically homeless will return to the streets within months after being taken out of an encampment and placed in low-income housing without services, LaTondresse said. Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for low-income housing

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“Low-income housing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/low-income%20housing. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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